Pitchside view of v Leicester game
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Pitchside view of v Leicester game
Elland Road goes wild!
Re: Don't you feel you are there?
Bump this, I think.
Why would any Leeds fan wish to miss out on this atmospheric pleasure?
Why would any Leeds fan wish to miss out on this atmospheric pleasure?
Re: Don't you feel you are there?
The atmosphere ain't a patch on what it was like back in the seventies and eighties before the seat's went in
49/50 thousand in them days , hooliganism was rife, running battles everywhere, away fans got a decent allocation of tickets
European nights under the floodlights, thousands locked outside, gates locked before kick off , different gravy back.then
49/50 thousand in them days , hooliganism was rife, running battles everywhere, away fans got a decent allocation of tickets
European nights under the floodlights, thousands locked outside, gates locked before kick off , different gravy back.then
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Wish i could jump in my time traveler.
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Re: Don't you feel you are there?
Were you at the Sunderland cup game back in 1967 Geronimo, when 57,892 crammed into the Elland Road stadium.geronimo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:28 am The atmosphere ain't a patch on what it was like back in the seventies and eighties before the seat's went in
49/50 thousand in them days , hooliganism was rife, running battles everywhere, away fans got a decent allocation of tickets
European nights under the floodlights, thousands locked outside, gates locked before kick off , different gravy back.then
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The Rangers game in 68 was another fantastic atmosphere, 50,000 +
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I wasn’t. Couldn’t get in despite queuing outside the Lowfields for 2 hours. Mind you, around where I would have stood was where the barrier collapsed. Lucky escape.
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Great video 64, football is so much more fun these days
long may it continue. 


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Now I was there that day, in the Shed, but as all the goal action took place in front of the old Kop and I was nobut a wee nipper I didn’t see much.mentalcase wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:23 am The Rangers game in 68 was another fantastic atmosphere, 50,000 +
Before the game I managed to swap 3 scarves for one of the silky scarves Rangers and Celtic had back then. Wish I’d kept it, it would be priceless today.
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Totally agree. As they say though, nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.geronimo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:28 am The atmosphere ain't a patch on what it was like back in the seventies and eighties before the seat's went in
49/50 thousand in them days , hooliganism was rife, running battles everywhere, away fans got a decent allocation of tickets
European nights under the floodlights, thousands locked outside, gates locked before kick off , different gravy back.then
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It was the old kop as well, a banking more like, and named as you probably know after the "spion kop" or Spioen kop during the boer war.Orange Box wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:32 am Now I was there that day, in the Shed, but as all the goal action took place in front of the old Kop and I was nobut a wee nipper I didn’t see much.
Before the game I managed to swap 3 scarves for one of the silky scarves Rangers and Celtic had back then. Wish I’d kept it, it would be priceless today.
Silk scarves, now theres a great throw back.
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The wall collapsed at the front of the Lowfields, more or less on the halfway line.Orange Box wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:24 am I wasn’t. Couldn’t get in despite queuing outside the Lowfields for 2 hours. Mind you, around where I would have stood was where the barrier collapsed. Lucky escape.
I was in the kop, stood on one of the concrete blocks cementing the barriers, only way I could see the action as a 13yo, hence the reason we used to be there as the turnstiles opened.
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As was the Celtic game in 1970, even though we lost.mentalcase wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:23 am The Rangers game in 68 was another fantastic atmosphere, 50,000 +
I loved the European cup nights then & in the early 2000s too.
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That was the days when us kids would pretend to be hard and wear scarves ‘stolen’ from other fans on their wrists as trophies. The three I swapped were West Ham, Newcastle and a Liverpool one, complete with Liver bird badge sewn on.mentalcase wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:39 am It was the old kop as well, a banking more like, and named as you probably know after the "spion kop" or Spioen kop during the boer war.
Silk scarves, now theres a great throw back.
Got my scarves from a market stall in Cas.
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I only knew the Lowfields back then, that was where I would go with my mate and his dad. Didn’t discover the Shed til the season after when we went without said parent.1964white wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:39 am The wall collapsed at the front of the Lowfields, more or less on the halfway line.
I was in the kop, stood on one of the concrete blocks cementing the barriers, only way I could see the action as a 13yo, hence the reason we used to be there as the turnstiles opened.
Never went on the old kop, no weather protection.
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Went from t' old kop the the shed during redevelopment, was an asylum for sure .
Silk scarves and 18" flairs, now thats what I call fashion.
Silk scarves and 18" flairs, now thats what I call fashion.
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I Remember the two fa cup games against man city down here mid to late seventies, absolute carnage , the fans in the kop trying to invade the pitch to get the game stopped , McQueen and Harvey fighting in the penalty area ,, man city brought thousands down that day
The following year we drew them again and beat them with a late Trevor cherry goal
The following year we drew them again and beat them with a late Trevor cherry goal
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The only European nights this club will have is if farke takes them all to benidorm for a fortnightOrange Box wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:33 am Totally agree. As they say though, nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.
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I was home on leave then, went in kop, got a black eye for my troubles, some United fan was dishing haymakers out to anyone in his vicinity and I (no pun) copped for one.geronimo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:55 am I Remember the two fa cup games against man city down here mid to late seventies, absolute carnage , the fans in the kop trying to invade the pitch to get the game stopped , McQueen and Harvey fighting in the penalty area ,, man city brought thousands down that day
The following year we drew them again and beat them with a late Trevor cherry goal
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A selection of old photos when fashion was........different.
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